Fixed bug in persistent view

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/MainTableColumnModel.java

@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ public static Type parse(String text) {
                 case "field":
                 default: return NORMALFIELD;
             }
+            /* try {
+                return Type.valueOf(text);
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+                return NORMALFIELD;
+            } */
         }
     }
 

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/PersistenceVisualStateTable.java

@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ public PersistenceVisualStateTable(final MainTable mainTable, JabRefPreferences
         this.preferences = preferences;
 
         mainTable.getColumns().addListener(this::onColumnsChanged);
-        mainTable.getColumns().forEach(col -> col.sortTypeProperty().addListener(obs ->
-                updateColumnSortType(col.getText(), col.getSortType())));
+        mainTable.getColumns().forEach(col -> {
+            MainTableColumn column = (MainTableColumn) col;
+            col.sortTypeProperty().addListener(obs -> updateColumnSortType(column.getModel().toString(), column.getSortType()));
+        });
         mainTable.getColumns().forEach(col -> col.widthProperty().addListener(obs -> updateColumnPreferences()));
 
     }

src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/preferences/TableColumnsTabViewModel.java

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public void fillColumnList() {
     private void insertSpecialFieldColumns() {
         EnumSet.allOf(SpecialField.class).stream()
                .map(Field::getName).map(name -> new MainTableColumnModel(MainTableColumnModel.Type.SPECIALFIELD, name))
-               .forEach(item -> availableColumnsProperty.getValue().add(3, item));
+               .forEach(item -> availableColumnsProperty.getValue().add(0, item));
     }
 
     private void removeSpecialFieldColumns() {